vestal virgin
Example Sentences
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The story of the vestal virgin Claudia Quinta represents one such instance.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
His father was a "lunger," and ex-professor from the East; his mother a vestal virgin dedicated to keeping the home fires burning.
From Time Magazine Archive
She should be the vestal virgin in the Christian temple—the priestess, as it were, of a shrine more hallowed and honorable than that of Delphos.
From The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies by Lady, An American
She possessed in his eyes something of the sanctity of a vestal virgin, one who must not be profaned by marriage.
From The Mayor of Warwick by Hopkins, Herbert M. (Herbert Müller)
That was it, the superlative excellence of the Gulab; the very quality that attracted, was the shield, the immaculate robe that clothed her and preserved her like a vestal virgin from such violation.
From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander
